Temporary binder



I ("No Model.)

. R. BELL.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

N0. 515,138. Patented Feb. 20,1894.

V v INVENTOR HIS ATTORNEY.

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amen.

ROBERT BELL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 515,138, dated February20, 1894.

Application filed March 27,1893- Serial No. 467,768. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT BELL,a citizen of the United States, residingat St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Temporary B inders,of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in temporarybinders.

My improvements have reference to a binding strand or connection, havinga loop in one end and fastened to the back of the hinder, and means tosecure temporarily, said loop to the back; have reference to a back,rigid lengthwise or vertically, and flexible transversely; havereference to stiffening pieces flexibly inter-connected to form such aback; have reference to a series of binding strands and pins adapted tosecure such strands temporarily to the back; and have reference to otherpoints of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings on which like reference letters indicatecorresponding parts, Figure 1 represents an inside face view of mybinder with a sheet of music in position; Fig. 2, an outside back viewwith parts exposed to show the construction; and Fig. 3 a sectional edgeview on the line ac-m, Fig.2, showing the flexibility of the binder.

The letters A designate stiffening pieces, preferably of stout wire,flexibly connected together in a back B, provided with covers, 0, forthe protection of the sheets to be secured in the binder. The ends ofthe pieces are loosely held in sheaths or guards D, of fabric or othersuitable material, that form an edge at each end of the back over whichextend the binding strands or connections, E, along the inside of thebinder. These strands may be of stout thread and are secured at one endto the back, preferably at the bottom, and each has a loop or eye, .2,at the other end, through which passes a pin, F, into the sheath D, orother part of the back. As shown in Fig. 2, the top sheath has a pocket,d, into which the pins are inserted and extended through the bottomthereof, to maintain them in place. Other means for engaging the loopedend of the strand to the back may be employed. The loop or eye, e, is

formed by the bight of the doubled strand, as on the left in Fig. 1, orin any other convenient way. -The strand itself may be duplex, single,or otherwise, as long as a loop or its equivalent is formed at one end.One or more strands may be held by each pin, as shown in Fig. 2. Eachstrand is preferably of a fixed length, and independent of the others,but it may be shortened by twisting as shown in Fig. 1. A series oftense binding connections from the bottom of the back to the top, isthus formed. The sheets of music, for example, are laid in the binder,and the binding strands are passed up between the leaves, and the loopedends are secured by the pins, or other temporary means. Any one of thesheets may be readily taken out by withdrawing its binding pin to freethe strand that it holds. Any number of sheets may be thus held by thebinder according to its capacity.

At E, Fig. 1, I have shown a rigid, nonelastic binding strand of wire orother material, looped at both ends; one end is hooked into an eyelet inthe bottom of the back, and the other end is adapted to be engaged bythe pin F, as above described.

Fig. 3. indicates the adaptability of the binder to be rolled up forcarrying. The flexibility of the back transversely is of especialadvantage in securing compactness, and is one of the features of myinvention.

The terms, loop, eye and hook, are taken as equivalents in thisspecification.

IVhile I have specified a non-elastic binding strand in exemplifying myinvention, I do not limit myself to binding strands having thischaracteristic, but may employ a strand more or less elastic, so long asit is provided at one end with a loop, adapted to be temporarily securedto the back. I therefore lay broad claim to such constructionirrespective of the material of which the strands are composed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a hinder, the combination with a back, of a binding strand havinga loop formed at one end of the strand and fastened to the back at theother end of the strand, and a detachable pin adapted to be-inserted insaid loop of {ghekstrand to temporarily secure it to said 2. In abinder, the combination with the back, of a duplex binding strandconsisting of parallel parts forming a bight or loop at one end andfastened to the back at the other end, and a pin to engage said loop endand back, whereby the length of the strand may be adjusted by twistingor untwisting the same.

3. In a binder, the combination with a back havingapocket at one end, ofbinding strands fastened to said back at one end, and each provided witha loop at the other end, and binding pins to engage said loop ends andthe back by insertion in said pocket.

4. In a binder, the combination with a back composed of lengthwisestifiening pieces, flexibly connected transversely, and flexible sheathsfor the ends of said pieces, of binding strands having loops at one endand fastened at the other to said back, and binding pins -to'engage saidloop ends with said back by insertion in one of said sheaths,substantially as described.

5. In a binder, the combination with a lengthwise stiffened backcomposed of material transversely'flexible, and a binding device forsaid back, of a flexible cover secured to said back, whereby theinclosed sheets bound therein may be rolled up into a compact carryingroll.

6. In a binder, a back composed of independent stifitening piecesarranged lengthwise of the back, and fabric connections for said piecesto secure flexibility transversely,

and independent binding devices mounted on the inside of said back.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presenceof two witnesses.

-ROBER'I BELL. Witnesses:

A. G. LAUTER, J ENNIE SoHoEKEL.

